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Month: March 2012

Here’s the hit. What can be said, that hasn’t already been said? It was a hit of the dirtiest kind, and,it was predatory. The NHL and disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan can’t call it predatory because it’s tough to string a hit…

It’s always been said. Less is more. Let the reader, viewer, or audience member use their imagination. You just need to take a look at the most recent Mad Men campaign to get how many winning brands are hooked on…

You hear the name The World Building and it may sound familiar to you, but that’s what the building standing at 100 West Pender used to be called. It wasn’t until 1937, when the Vancouver Sun purchased the building and…

There’s a medieval French castle that sits at the corner of West Georgia and Burrard Street, and it’s the Hotel Vancouver. Standing 17 stories high, the building was opened in May of 1939, and designed by architects Archibald and…

How fitting that todays featured building is known for stealing the show from musicians and entertainers on a regular basis. As a matter of fact, the building has even earned its own showbiz nickname, the ‘Grand Old Lady of Granville’.…

Vancouver often gets ragged on by hipsters and ‘building aficionados’ that the city doesn’t have enough unique buildings or character. More often than not, they hunt luxury, corporate sponsorships, steel and glass construction, with a splash of functionality. What many…

It’s a building which for many is one of the most identifiable with the City of Vancouver. It’s likely the building that’s most famous in the world, more so than the BC Place or the Shangri La. Why? Well, at…